title: High-dose methylprednisolone in the treatment of active ulcerative colitis.
abstract: Twenty patients with severe active ulcerative colitis were entered into a pilot study to test the efficacy of pulsed high-dose methylprednisolone in inducing remission. Of 20 patients, 12 improved, but 8 of 20 patients (40%) who did not went for urgent colectomy. The group proceeding to surgery tended to have more extensive disease. These results contrast unfavorably with historical control data from this unit.
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology Unit, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, U.K.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ireland
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Jewell
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects
chemical_list: D008775:Methylprednisolone